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We join PEN International and English PEN calling on النيابة العامة المصرية, Abdelfattah Elsisi, Egypt MFA Spokesperson to immediately & unconditionally release imprisoned poet #GalalelBehairy who today has escalated his hunger strike, refusing fluids. Galal needs our help. Share this tweet, help us #FreeGalal!

PEN International calls on the #Egypt Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt MFA Spokesperson to uphold the country’s human rights commitment & release imprisoned poet #GalalElBehairy held in pre-trial detention. Galal's life is on the line as he escalates his hunger strike today. #FreeGalal

Today, Irish PEN calls on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Elsisi to uphold his pledge to accept political dialogue and release imprisoned poet #GalalElBehairy who remains in arbitrary pre-trial detention in #Egypt. PEN International, and English PEN in a Twitter storm today, #FreeGalal!

#GalalElBahairy, an Egyptian poet who has been imprisoned for five years for poetry critical of the government, has been on a hunger strike since March 5. Let's urge Egypt to free Galal right away because he has intensified his hunger strike by refusing fluids. #FreeGalal

All of us at Irish PEN join with PEN International and English PEN, calling on the النيابة العامة المصرية to immediately release imprisoned poet #GalalElBehairy who today has escalated his hunger strike, now refusing fluids. Help us to #FreeGalal

Dublin book launch takes place on 21 June at Irish Writers Centre! After that, we head to New York, Paris, and Peckham...

#Afghanistan: We are alarmed to learn that poet Haseeb Ahrari has been detained by the Taliban as part of their ongoing crackdown on peaceful expression. Our statement ⬇️#FreeAhrari pen-international.org/news/afghanist…

After the longest wait, the longest day is here.

bianet.org/english/people… @libranwriter CatherineDunneAuthor Padraig Hanratty John O'Donnell @Elliot_Laura @maria_mcmanus @VivianaFiorenti @DonaldsonMoyra Therese Kieran Neil Hegarty Celia de Fréine liz.mcmanus @RoisinCNorton

Every day I write the book. #NotEveryDay #IrishWritersCentre Photo by: Christopher Byrne

Ready to launch 🤗

And... done! 😎

Irish PEN joins PEN International in condemning in the strongest possible terms ' the continued threats and harassment of writer and academic Jovo Bakić. The sheer violence faced by independent voices in Serbia is utterly shocking'. pen-international.org/news/serbia-st…

#Ukraine: PEN International is devastated to learn that writer, PEN Ukraine member and human rights defender Victoria Amelina, was seriously injured in a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk on 27 June 2023. Our thoughts and prayers are with Amelina, her family, and everyone at

Irish PEN is appalled and deeply saddened by the devastating news that our dear friend and colleague Victoria Amelina has been seriously injured in a horrific attack while acting as a guide to visiting writers from South America pen-international.org/news/writer-an…

"A year on, it remains a terribly lonely image: a 49-year-old man, alone in the winter garden of his childhood home in northeast Ukraine, acknowledging to himself that he was about to be taken and seeking to leave something imperishable behind." x.com/MartinDoyleIT/…

irishpen.com/2023/06/30/wri… @libranwriter CatherineDunneAuthor Padraig Hanratty John O'Donnell @Elliot_Laura @maria_mcmanus @VivianaFiorenti @DonaldsonMoyra Therese Kieran Neil Hegarty Celia de Fréine liz.mcmanus @RoisinCNorton

First 10km of Marathon in a Month in aid of Irish Cancer Society done! 😎 You can donate at this page: justgiving.com/fundraising/pa… Thanks! 🚶‍♂️

We fully support this recent statement from PEN International, calling for peace and opposing injustice and violence in all its forms. @libranwriter Therese Kieran Padraig Hanratty John O'Donnell Celia de Fréine @DonaldsonMoyra @maria_mcmanus @Elliot_Laura pen-international.org/news/pen-inter…

Dublin, 7 December projectartscentre.ie/event/poets-fo…